Corset.



Patented Apr. 22, I902.

J. C. ANDREWS.

C U B S E T (Application filed Sept. 6. 1901.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JAMES C. ANDREWS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BAYSTATE CORSET CO., OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPO- RATION.

$PECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent NO. 698,166, dated April 22,1902. Application filed September 16, 1901. Serial No. 75,445. (Nomodel.)

and the letters of reference marked thereon,

to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a broken face view of the upper part of a corset, illustratingmy invention; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view on lines a b of Fig. 1.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, having particularreference to finishing corsets and to reinforcing the face of the sameto prevent cutting of the garment by the ends of the steels; and theinvention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, andparticularly recited in the claim.

The corset A, which may be of any approved construction, is providedwith the usual steels B, more or less in number, these steels extendingnearly to the upper end of the garment. Over the upper edge of thegarment is a binder C. This binder overlaps the opposite face of thecorset and is secured thereto by a line of stitches a, the stitchespassing through the garment above the ends of the steels B. This binderis formed with a flap which extends down over the upper ends of thesteels, but is not attached to the garment, except as it is secured bythe stitches a. As a finish for the garmentastrip of lace edging E orother suitable material is inserted beneath the flap D and is secured bythe said line of stitches a, the edging being inserted before the binderisstitched, so that but one operation is necessary to complete andfinish the corset. This flap being free from the face of the corset doesnotstiifen the upper edge, but extending over the upper ends of thesteels prevents them from being exposed and so cutting the outer garmentof the wearer should the steels cut through the face of the corset. Thisflap being a part of the binder and secured in position at the time theornamental strip is attached does not increase the expense of thecorset, but materially improves the appearance of the same;

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination in a corset having vertically-arranged steels extendingnearly to the upper edge thereof, of abinding-strip secured to the upperedge of the corset by a line of stitches above the upper ends of saidsteels, said binding-strip formed with a flap extending downward on theface of the corset over the upper ends of said steels, and an ornamentalstrip secured to the corset between the binding-strip and the facethereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES C. ANDREWS. Witnesses:

WILLIAM M. TrrUs, JOSEPH A. ORDWAY.

